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More Resources on RSS

From the RSSWinterfest blog, links to some useful resources on RSS: RSS and the Future of Internet-Based Content Syndication (free access to 18 pages, inclusive of an executive summary and an abstract of the 135 page report, $$). 2RSS.com, a directory of RSS feeds by topic, as well as links to software, RSS readers and …

Subjects: RSS

Gender Gap Found in International Survey of Internet Use

From the first UCLA Center for Communication Policy, the World Internet Report, “is the first survey of its kind to produce international comparison data (from 14 countries) on the social, political, and economic impact effects of Internet use and no-use, found that more men than women go online in all of the surveyed countries.” Press …

Subjects: Internet

SLA Launches Redesigned Website

Welcome to www.SLA.org, Version 4.0! “We’ve enhanced your experience with a cleaner, more modern appearance and simplified access to all major resources. In addition to the structural changes, we’ve improved the organization of our content by developing an all-new taxonomy and thesaurus.”

Subjects: Libraries

9/11 Panel Confronts Continued Obstacles to Completing Report

In the continuing saga of obstacles faced by the 9/11 Commission, the Washington Post reported that the panel has been denied access to notes taken by selected members in accordance with exacting specifications dictated by the White House. See also this February 1, 2004 editorial from the Miami Herald, Setting the record straight on 9/11 …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Links to Testimony from Recent 9/11 Commission Hearing

Below you will find links to testimony from the seventh public hearing of the 9/11 Commission, January 26-27: The Border Security System Prior to September 11: Mary A. Ryan, former Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State; Doris Meissner, former Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice An Incident in Florida: Jose E. …

Subjects: Freedom of Information

States and Internet Enforcement

States and Internet Enforcement, by Joel Reidenberg, Fordham University School of Law, Pub-Law Research Paper No. 41, University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal, Vol. 1, 2004: “This essay addresses the enforcement of decisions through Internet instruments….[and] maintains that states will increasingly try to use network intermediaries such as payment systems and Internet service providers …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Internet